In Memory Of
OBERHOLZER, LODEWIKUS JOHANNES
Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
1955-05-27
Service No:
71442438BT
Rank:
Rifleman
Unit:
Regiment De Wet
Regiment:
South African Infantry Corps
Date of Death:
1977-10-26
Cause of Death:
Killed in action, landmine explosion. He was part of a group sent out on a water patrol. It would seem that the group came under attack from own forces (104 Wits Bn) when he stepped on a shrapnel mine that had been laid by them
Commemoration
Cemetery:
VILJOENSDRIFT AREA CEMETERY ?
Localitly:
Free State
Country:
South Africa
Additional Information
Son of Lodewikus Johannes and Maria Elizabeth Oberholzer. Husband of Mrs. Vivian Marie (nee Moore) Oberholzer, of Viljoensdrift.
